The Blame Game
Every child is born with an innate ability to play and excel in the Blame Game. And the skills are honed further when siblings come along. Each child is so convincing when they say “Not Me” or when they say “It’s Meimei/KorKor/CheChe”
Last Saturday, the kids played this game and there was a HUGE irony behind it. They were blaming each other for losing a library book entitled “THE BLAME GAME” (hahahaha… sorry, I had to keep myself from laughing out loud while keeping a stern face!)
This is what happened:
Instructions: Pack all the library books into the bag. We are going to the library to return the books and borrow new ones. Yeah!!
N2: We can’t find the Berenstain Bear book on Blame Game. It’s missing. MeiMei was the last one who read the book.
N3: I don’t know where it is. It was Kor Kor.
N2: It was MeiMei. Not Me. I read it on Monday, she read it on Friday.
N1 remains in front of the TV, ignoring everyone.
After 5 min of searching, the entire scene repeats. By then, the two have searched the rooms and the living room, and N1 is still in front of the TV.
Me: Ok. If you can’t find it, we won’t go to the library. It’s not due till the following week anyway. We will all stay at home.
And immediately, N1 jumps up and shouts out, “MeiMei where is the book?” “Nathan why are you not searching hard enough?”
N2: See MeiMei? It’s all your fault
N3: Not me! It’s Kor Kor’s book.
Me: Ok. Enough. We will all stay home. We are not going to the library until all of you find the book.
And so the entire Saturday morning was spent searching for that one book. And when we found it, I had to read The Blame Game to them again.
Does anyone in your family play The Blame Game?
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Yep! I think it's a natural human response to shift the blame!
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LOL! My kids aren't there yet, but I am the oldest of 4 and I remember the blame game LOL!
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OMG this is everyday in my house
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Oh sure we do!! I think it's totally normal though!
Oh, all the time. Except our is the "it wasn't me" game. Ugh.
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My 8 year old and 3 year old have already started this. I tend to believe my 3 year old though since she doesn’t get the concept of lying like my 8 year old does :/
Oh, we play the blame game all the time in this house. Every so often we get a break and they play separately for about 20 seconds.
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That is very ironic. The blame game is amusing when you read it about somebody else's children. When it is your children though it is usually headache inducing.
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Why yes! It's so ironic that that was the name of the book!
I can relate to this! My kids seem to think searching for something means looking around the room casually and waiting for it to jump into their hands. Actually looking is much less fun for them than arguing about who should look.
Oh gosh yes, the blame game is very popular at my house.
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"Not me" is constant in my house, but I usually use that time as a teaching moment for the kids. You can't always pass the buck.
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oh yes. My daughter is always looking to blame someone. Usually a cat!
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oh that is too funny!
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Ha! Now that is too funny and so true that kids (and a lot of adults) are naturals at the blame game 🙂
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Oh yes my husband and I play this quite often with one another — and then when we find it and realize we're the fool that misplaced the item we apologize like a dog with our tail between our legs haha!
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My 7 year old loves playing this game! 😉
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My 4 year old blames his 2 yr old brother for everything. Even if I just watched him do something. I may have to pick that book up from our local library.
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My oldest daughter is obsessed with Berenstain Bears and somehow this title has managed to escape us. We need to check it out!
I loved this series when I was a little girl the tv shows still come on and I cannot help but watch them 🙂
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My kids blame each other for everything all the time. I am finding that my teenagers are the ones who love to blame the little kids for everything.
I'm having this problem with my 5 year old right now. She won't admit to anything. Even when I watch her do it!
Ha ha ha – that was a life lesson wasn't it?! We only have one child so she doesn't have anyone to blame 😉
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That really is pretty funny.
My kids are in the tattling phase – no necessarily blaming one another – just making sure I know every single thing that the other has done wrong. UGH!
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Of course we do!
I need to get that book for my kids!
No. My kids are probably a little too old to play that now.
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